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Madelon (French: La Madelon) is a 1955 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Line Renaud, Jean Richard and Roger Pierre.[1] It is inspired by the popular song of the First World War "La Madelon" about Madelon, a waitress working in a country inn encountered by a group of soldiers.

Madelon
Directed by	Jean Boyer
Written by	Jean Boyer Jacques Robert Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon Serge Veber
Produced by	Georges Lourau Alexandre Mnouchkine Francis Rigaud
Starring	Line Renaud Jean Richard Roger Pierre
Cinematography	Charles Suin
Edited by	Fanchette Mazin
Music by	Louis Gasté
Production companies	Filmsonor Gallus Films Les Films Ariane
Distributed by	Cinédis
Release date	2 December 1955
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.

Synopsis

In the First World War, Madeleine, a singing waitress who has become of the idol to the French Army travels up to Paris and the Western Front searching for her lover, encountering on the way a variety of different nationalities who make up the Allied forces.

Cast

• Line Renaud as Madeleine Thullier, dite La Madelon
• Jean Richard as Antoine Pichot
• Roger Pierre as Le caporal Georges Beauguitte
• Pierre Larquey as Le curé
• Georges Chamarat as Auguste Thullier
• André Valmy as Le capitaine Van Meulen
• Gilbert Gil as Un commandant d'aviation chez Maxim's
• Jacques Dynam as Le chasseur de chez Maxim's
• Jean Martinelli as Le colonel de Saint-Marc
• Peter Walker as Un Américain
• Michèle Monty as Juliette
• Jess Hahn as Le général américain Gibson
• Émile Genevois as Le soldat Alfred
• Odette Barencey as Mme Thullier
• Edmond Chemi as Le gendarme qui arrête Antoine
• Michel Flamme as Un capitaine d'aviation chez Maxim's
• Jacques Hilling as Le soldat qui dort
• Daniel Ceccaldi as Un militaire chez Maxim's
• Georges Baconnet as M. Pichot
• Robert Dalban as L'adjudant La Tringle
• Robert Rollis as Julot
• Jean Carmet as Le soldat Mathieu
• Noël Roquevert as Le commandant Martin

References

Bibliography

• Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Madelon at IMDb

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